Thread: fridge karked it

Originally Posted by edddo

The resistance between the terminals on the fan motor is 168ohms...I take it this probably means the motor is dead?...the fuse is clearly blown confirmed visually and with multimeter... And yes..I am totally unqualified and unsavvy with electronics..

168 ohms is an odd reading for a winding... that tells me that it has a capacitor built into the motor for noise supression. Which unfortunately means at your level you have no way of testing it for okedness other than bypassing the wiring to mains and powering it up..

the fuse should be soldered in which means that its a slow blow type fuse

If it was me.. Id test spin the fan by hand. if it spun nicely then

Id wire it up like I described before, plug it into a strip board that has a the little push to reset button on it and fire it up...

If it stayed in and the fridge made promising noises and the fan spun Id solder in an inline fuse holder after turning it all off and cutting the old fuse out.

If it popped the little black button out Id pull the fan from the circut and go again. IF it stayed in Id go at bodging in a fan from something else.

But I should warn you..

I Have no liscence to lose from doing this.
My insurance has no clause that prevents payouts based on acts of stupidity.
It would make for a new interesting story for my book if it went wrong and i survived.

I live of the dangerous side.
I would test by by passing the fuse. If it worked fine then I would replace the fuse.

I must confess at this point that I have cut through live wires twice.
Thought I had switched the power of and then cut through the lighting wire which triped the fuse. I then fixed it and turned the lights back on so I could cut the other wire. It was the lights again.
After that I called a mate who called me an idiot once he stopped laughing.

I decided to live dangerously..I bridged the fuse and turned it on...fan worked. So on advice from a local leccy who said most dont have fuses anyway I just cut the fuse out, soldered the wire and refitted eveything thinking well that is sorted. Well it was...........for about 20 seconds then I smelt something burning and the fan stopped. The fan is now totally burnt out. I guess it was on its way but I didnt test it for long enough. SOOOO can anyone suggest where to look for a replacement fan or complete rear freezer panel for the fidge (Centrex). I have been tld that parts for these fridges are impossible to get....or could I put some other fan in its place?

Try RS Australia for all kinds of good things.
http://www.rs-components.com

I can't see if they do fans because their website is down for maintenance tonight and the kids are sleeping on my big paper catalogue.

Or try an appliance repair place, they might be able to find something very similar.

Cheers
Simon

Local bloke had a fan that fitted..same one as in the name brands...been working fine now for a week..total cost $33.....beats 500 for a new fridge.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

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the yellow green wire is earth dont connect anything to that or you will trip the RCD.

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except on a couple of commercial Chinese fridges I serviced once.
They used some earths as switching wires

Yep, they comply to AS's...........not